Question 1138608
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The area of a triangle is 48 {{{highlight(cross(cm))}}} cm^2. If the base of this triangle is 12cm, what is the length of altitude to this base?
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For any triangle, its area is half the product of the length of any side (b, the base) and the height (h) of the triangle drawn to this side


    S = {{{(1/2)*b*h}}}.


In your case


    48 = {{{(1/2)*12*h}}},    or


    48 = 6h,


which gives you


     h = 48/6 = 8 centimeters.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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